Comments on: First UN Report on the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples http://humanrightsangle.com/2010/01/24/first-un-report-on-the-state-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/ A Human Rights Conversation Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:04:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lesoltis http://humanrightsangle.com/2010/01/24/first-un-report-on-the-state-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/comment-page-1/#comment-338 lesoltis Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:48:28 +0000 http://humanrightsangle.com/?p=500#comment-338 Thanks for your comment Diane. Indigenous rights are human rights, and I encourage you to think more critically about what the term 'indigenous' means in the context of the Americas. Human rights apply to all people regardless of borders that surround them. Native Americans are diverse people, and giving them titles of "Mexican" "American" or "Indian" is not only irrelevant to the issue of sexual violence, but it is also up to indigenous peoples to determine what they call themselves. Furthermore, the people who now find themselves within the territory of the United States are also diverse, and by speaking in the "we," you are falsely asserting a unified voice and position for the purpose of excluding a certain ethnic group. Such assertions are dangerous and an insult to the spirit of human rights and democracy. Thanks for your comment Diane. Indigenous rights are human rights, and I encourage you to think more critically about what the term ‘indigenous’ means in the context of the Americas. Human rights apply to all people regardless of borders that surround them. Native Americans are diverse people, and giving them titles of “Mexican” “American” or “Indian” is not only irrelevant to the issue of sexual violence, but it is also up to indigenous peoples to determine what they call themselves. Furthermore, the people who now find themselves within the territory of the United States are also diverse, and by speaking in the “we,” you are falsely asserting a unified voice and position for the purpose of excluding a certain ethnic group. Such assertions are dangerous and an insult to the spirit of human rights and democracy.

]]> By: Diane http://humanrightsangle.com/2010/01/24/first-un-report-on-the-state-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Diane Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:12:27 +0000 http://humanrightsangle.com/?p=500#comment-325 Indigenous right? Get Mexico out of our American territory. We don't want Mexican Indians here. We never got along with them. Indigenous right?

Get Mexico out of our American territory.

We don’t want Mexican Indians here. We never got along with them.

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